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Non-Fiction Book Recommendations

Now that I am not in school and forced to read non-fiction, I've found that I genuinely enjoy learning for fun. Here are some of my favorites.
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
1
Katherine Boo
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
2
Elizabeth Gilbert
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
3
Roxane Gay
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
4
Tina Fey
Yes Please (Amy Poehler)
Yes Please
5
Amy Poehler
The Power of One
The Power of One
6
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
7
Bill Bryson
Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
Bird by Bird
8
Anne Lamott
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope (Anne Lamott)
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
9
Anne Lamott
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
10
Stephen King
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
11
Bill Bryson
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
12
Jon Krakauer
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
13
Elie Wiesel
A Child Called It (Dave Pelzer)
A Child Called It
14
Dave Pelzer
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
15
Tim O'Brien
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
16
Jeannette Walls
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken
17
Laura Hillenbrand
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
18
Rebecca Skloot
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Jean-Dominique Bauby)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
19
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Vagina Monologues
Vagina Monologues
20
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted
21
Susanna Kaysen
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Susan Cain)
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
22
Susan Cain
Lies My Teacher Told Me (James W. Loewen)
Lies My Teacher Told Me
23
James W. Loewen
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
24
Ishmael Beah
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
25
Malala Yousafzai
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
26
Dave Cullen
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
27
Cheryl Strayed
Half the Sky (Nicholas D. Kristof)
Half the Sky
28
Nicholas D. Kristof
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
29
Alexander
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Jenny Lawson)
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
30
Jenny Lawson
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
31
Paul Kalanithi
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
32
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hillbilly Elegy (JD Vance)
Hillbilly Elegy
33
JD Vance
A Problem From Hell (Samantha Power)
A Problem From Hell
34
Samantha Power
Grace Eventually (Anne Lamott)
Grace Eventually
35
Anne Lamott
Stiff (Mary Roach)
Stiff
36
Mary Roach
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
37
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) (Mindy Kaling)
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
38
Mindy Kaling
Delusions of Gender (Cordelia Fine)
Delusions of Gender
39
Cordelia Fine
Grunt (Mary Roach)
Grunt
40
Mary Roach
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